Lucas Miedler and Miljan Zekic will fight against each other in the quarter of the Iasi Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Miljan Zekic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Miljan Zekic is the pick to win this match.
Miljan Zekic -> 1.55
Lucas Miedler -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Lucas Miedler vs. Miljan Zekic
This will be the 2nd time that Lucas Miedler and Miljan Zekic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zekic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Zekic won 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Austria F4 back in 1970.
Lucas Miedler
Ranked no. 325, the Austrian got to the quarter after defeating Teimuraz Gabashvili 7-5 4-6 7-5 and Adrian Andreev 7-65 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Andreev (7-65 6-1). During the match, Miedler scored 69 points vs Andreev’s 54. Miedler was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Miedler made 8 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Lucas Miedler was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Miedler was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Andreev 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lucas started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Miedler has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (297-179). 8-9 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Miedler has a composed83-69 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Lucas’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm El Sheikh.
Lucas has an overall 20-14 win-loss record in 2021, 8-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Lucas has never competed in this tournament before.
Miljan Zekic
Ranked no. 385, Miljan got to the quarter after defeating Jonathan Eysseric 6-2 6-2, Alejandro Gonzalez 6-2 7-63, Maxime Janvier 6-3 7-64 and Hernan Casanova 6-3 7-63.
In the 2nd round, Zekic had a good straight sets win against Casanova (6-3 7-63). During the match Zekic scored 80 points vs Casanova’s 70. The Serbian was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Zekic blasted 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Miljan Zekic lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Zekic put 63% of his first serves in, winning 79% (41/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (12/31) on the 2nd serve. Miljan broke Casanova 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Zekic’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and M15 Skopje.
Miljan has a compiled 44-15 win-loss record in 2021, 44-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Miedler | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 81 |
| Pts | 177-160 | 286-223 |
| Total Points | 337 | 509 |
| Winners | 72 | 128 |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% |
Miedler played 2 matches while Zekic competed in 4 matches. Zekic started his run from the qualifications while Miedler had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Lucas Miedler surrendered 1 set while Miljan Zekic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Miedler has played 3 set(s) less than Zekic (5 vs 8). Therefore, Miedler played 27 games less than Zekic. The Austrian scored 72 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Miljan bagged 128 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Miedler | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 99/173 | 169/266 |
| %1st in | 57% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 72/99 | 128/169 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 38/74 | 51/97 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 53% |
Miedler recorded 15 aces (7.5 per match). Zekic bagged 10 aces (2.5 per match). Miedler won 73% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Zekic won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Miedler | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 14 |
| Converted | 9/17 | 14/27 |
| % Converted | 53% | 52% |
| Conceded | 15 | 17 |
| Saved | 9 | 11 |
| % Saved | 60% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
The Austrian broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Lucas surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Miljan broke his opponents 14 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Miedler | ||||
| R1 Gabashvili |
R2 Andreev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 7-5 | 7-65 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 20 | 54 | |
| pts | 108-106 | 69-54 | 177-160 | |
| Total points | 214 | 123 | 337 | |
| Winners | 44 | 28 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 61/110 | 38/63 | 99/173 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 60% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 44/61 | 28/38 | 72/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 74% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/49 | 17/25 | 38/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 68% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 3/3 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 100% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 2 | 15 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 1/2 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 50% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Zekic | ||||||
| Q1 Eysseric |
Q3 Gonzalez |
R1 Janvier |
R2 Casanova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 7-63 | 6-3 7-64 | 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 81 | |
| pts | 59-35 | 72-55 | 75-63 | 80-70 | 286-223 | |
| Total points | 94 | 127 | 138 | 150 | 509 | |
| Winners | 20 | 31 | 36 | 41 | 128 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 43% | 48% | 51% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 24/46 | 42/60 | 51/77 | 52/83 | 169/266 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 70% | 66% | 63% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | 31/42 | 36/51 | 41/52 | 128/169 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 74% | 71% | 79% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 12/18 | 16/26 | 12/31 | 51/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 67% | 62% | 39% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/8 | 3/3 | 3/8 | 14/27 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 38% | 100% | 38% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/1 | 5/7 | 6/8 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 71% | 75% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
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